Lotus 1-2-3 and associated apps. Actually, these barely worked on XP, though 1-2-3 itself has dealt with my search-engine spreadsheets for years. Open Office 3.4.1 — I have had bad experiences with 4.x — seems to be able to do the job, and it reads all the old files well enough.

Adobe Photoshop Essentials, though this is my fault: I can’t find the original installation DVD.

Nero Burning ROM, which flatly refused my reinstall: “This serial number has expired.” This was a version-7 install; they’re up to something like 12 now. And I never could deal with the increasing bloat.

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I never looked at Windows wallpaper switcher. I use John’s Background Switcher, which is free. As for a CD burner, I’ve used Windows to back up files to CD/DVD, and DVDFab for copying DVDs (even bought a license for it, which is rare for me).

Adobe released into the wild the CS2 versions of all its software, so I use Photoshop for things my version of Fireworks 3 (1999) can’t handle. Heck, I’d still use WordPerfect 6.1 if Windows would let me (I tried).